The Messengers

This TV series offers some interesting interpretations of scripture. The array of flawed characters are almost believable. The twists are often confusing, yet there is a sort of old school charm. I wish the writers did more than google the bible...

They didn't get the Message. I mean the producers and network executives.

This is another messed up series *designed* (so to speak) to appeal in younger audiences. After vampires, werewolves, heroes, originals, 100s, specials, mutants etc. etc. TV producers decided the last couple of years to give ...the apocalypse a go. Soooo Angels it is! This is the story of 5 (and maybe later 7) young reluctant heroes who are supposed to find the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse and stop the devil from ...well...his devilish evil plans.

God is present, but he likes to give strange ...visions and signs (even to his own ....angels) who must collaborate to stop the ...Rapture, (an act of God by definition). You see Rapture is when all true believers (dead and alive) will be taken from the earth by God into heaven. Seems like a good thing. Why God himself wants to prevent his own doing? Anyway...

The actors are all unknown to me and they seem really uncharismatic and forgettable. Except one who looks like a young version of "The mentalist". Vest and all. Their acting is really bad. No uprising stars here, sorry.

The visuals are the usual CGI with the devil having red eyes (sometimes, when the episode cuts to the next scene) and the angels having wings (when they look each other in the mirror), but they can't fly.

The plot is ridiculous in every way. It basically gets down to small detectiv-ish subplots, move there, find that man, prevent that, save this. Small things considering this is ...the Apocalypse.

Oh! And by the way all these happen to the ...U.S. because...well...I don't know...all the righteous people are there ?....or the filming is too expensive to shoot abroad....something like that! .

I found this show very entertaining. Nearly everything about it could have been better, but I found it very entertaining anyway. The religious angle is not heavy handed, and there were some clever plot twists that I did not see coming. Like a good B movie, I felt that this show's shortcomings actually added to its charm.

Whether this show was totally amazing or grade A dog moo-moo. I believe no show should be canceled until the season is concluded and you get the full picture of what the show is truly about. The acting is pretty corny I admit, but the concept is actually interesting. I bet when this show ends up on Netflix its going to have 4 or 5 stars lol. People nowadays hardly watch television and mostly watch Hulu, Netflix or even download what they watch. I've seen it time and time again. The show "Jericho" for instance was canceled after 2 seasons due to low rating. Jercho is rated 4 1/2 Stars on Netflx now. Another CW Show "The Tomorrow People" Canceled after 1 season is rated 5 Stars on Netflix and is in the most popular section. Television is slowly dying from the Internet's ever growing grip.

Now a moment of silence for all the shows that were taken from us too soon....

It's one of those shows.

You know, the ones where extraterrestrial or supernatural or other-dimensional stuff happens, and then we watch flat and uninteresting characters navigate contrived plot twists for the rest of the season while some sort of "conspiracy" unfolds.

It didn't forget to include teenagers in the mix, because, you know, the committee which designed this show wanted to appeal to all possible demographics.

At the end of the season there will be a stupid cliffhanger which the writers won't know how to resolve, and then the show will be mercifully canceled and free up the air slot for something far more entertaining, such as a show about optimal ways to fold laundry.

Who greenlit this derivative, soulless schlock in 2014 and thought it was a good idea?